Chapter 722 – 722. The Serpent’s Tail (3)
“Sister. Are you really okay?”
“Huh. Are you okay.”
She wore a worried expression on her face, and Lily responded with a smile to Erin’s repeated questions.
The clothes Lily was wearing right now were not the maid clothes she usually wore, nor the equipment that could be seen as a rookie adventurer.
Her appearance, dressed in shabby cloth, was no different from that of slaves roaming the slave market.
If I had to say one thing that was awkward for a slave, it would be that her skin was very clean.
The shabby and dusty clothes were very worn and dirty, but Lily belonged to the tidy side for a slave who could not maintain cleanliness because she had not been washed for a long time.
However, Lily’s original appearance belongs to the extremely beautiful side compared to women of her age, so if she is packaged as a well-maintained slave, she is not suspicious at all.
She was Lily in disguise, but Erin didn’t like it very much.
“But… I’d better go in…”
The content of the operation was simple.
Disguised as a slave, she infiltrates Count Ephrathe’s mansion to find evidence of Count Ephrathe’s alliance with the devil.
However, the most important thing in this operation was who disguised as a slave and infiltrated Count Ephrate’s mansion.
Of course, Eira and Cha Hanseong, who were acquainted with him, were impossible, so naturally, either Erin or Lily had to take on the role, and while each assumed the role, Eira chose her Lily side. .
To be honest, Erin was a reliable ally who was superior to Erin in the field of battle, but she was not very helpful to Erin in other fields.
Erin, who has a very emotional and simple personality, lacks the ability to respond to any unexpected situation, and she is easily exasperated, so she fears that she will miss work.
Eira cherishes and cherishes her Erin like her sister, but she is not so soft-tempered as to let anything that might interfere with her mission.
“Are you okay. Erin. And it would be more natural for me, a former slave, to do this.”
“… Okay. Sister though.”
Erin hugged her Lily by the waist and she corrected her words.
“My sister is no longer a slave. Me and Hyun… Miss Illyana and Miss Eleanor are there too. Belldandy is there too.”
“Know.”
Hearing her words of comfort and encouragement, Lily smiled and hugged Erin’s head.
It must be this warm warmth that saved her miserable life and saved herself, who had been living with hatred and resentment of the half-demon trait she didn’t even want.
Now Lily didn’t hate the demonic powers she possessed.
She winked at Eira, reaffirming once again that she would gladly use her powers if only she could be of use to Eunhyeon and others with these powers.
It means everything is ready.
“Please. Lily.”
“Yes. Do not worry.”
“… I can’t either.”
Erin, who had made up her mind with her firm expression, grabbed Lily by the shabby hem of her dress as she was about to leave her quarters.
“Erin? What’s the matter?”
“Me too! I will also pose as a slave with her sister!”
Unable to leave Lily alone, Erin sent her earnest eyes and asked Eira for her permission.
“… Okay. Do it.”
Eira, who couldn’t resist her stubbornness as she cared so much for her family, smiled bitterly at her and had no choice but to allow Erin to use her herd.
And it goes without saying that if left alone, Lily is the reins that can restrain Erin, who may run amok when and where.
If it cannot be prevented, it would be more efficient to give reins and control so that variables do not occur.
“Hee hee, thank you. Ayra sister!”
Erin let out a big smile at her Ayra, who accepted her childishness.
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The butler working for Count Ephrate was currently at the slave market for the routine of purchasing slaves on a monthly or weekly basis.
The criterion for his purchase of slaves was very simple.
If it was just a cheap slave, that was enough.
Gender, age, and origin were not considered.
So the butler, in accordance with the demands of his master, Count Ephrate, often purchased old slaves, who were always among the cheapest slaves.
But the slave trader, with whom he had traded frequently, this time, unlike usual, presented two young women.
“… These two?”
“Yes. Yes. That’s right. Haha.”
“…”
I checked the expression on the slave trader’s face, but it doesn’t look like he’s up to something.
The butler narrowed his eyes and observed the two slaves he presented in turn.
Shiny, beautiful hair, as if it had been taken care of regularly.
A uniquely beautiful body that emphasizes the line of voluptuous breasts and narrow waist.
Their bodies, which are full of healthy beauty, make it impossible to think of them as slaves.
‘Are they prostitutes? … No. They’re not like that.’
It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t seduced by their looks, which exude a charm that attracts the opposite sex to the point of reminding me of prostitutes whose job it is to instantly accept men’s sexual desires.
But more than that, the butler had doubts.
They are certainly attractive, but they are full of charms that make men desire them, so it made no sense to sell them at this price.
‘With this appearance, there would be a line of people who would buy it even if they paid 20 times, let alone 10 times…’ . Why at such a low price?’
I couldn’t understand.
“Is something wrong?”
The slave trader gave him a puzzled look as the butler was seized with doubts and couldn’t make a decision easily.
‘What the hell are we going to do? This human? Are you a slave trader?’
Common sense made no sense that these attractive women would be sold at the same price as old slaves, the cheapest of all slaves.
However, the fact that this slave trader doesn’t seem to have any ulterior motives, and rather takes an attitude of not knowing what the problem is, makes it all the more puzzling.
“What the hell are you thinking…”
Just as he was about to ask what the plan was, one of the two women stepped forward and met the butler’s gaze.
“… ?”
She said, interrupting her conversation with her slave trader and herself.
[Don’t talk nonsense, buy us.]
“…”
The more she stares into her red eyes, the more the reason in her head is eaten away by something strange that seems to be drawn to her.
The doubts that spread like clouds and multiplied gradually disappeared in an instant, and the butler’s eyes lost focus and nodded her head with a blank expression.
“… Yes. I will buy it.”
“… And. Sister. It’s really comfortable.”
Erin marveled at Lily’s ability to instantly take control of her mind with her brainwashing and induce them to become purchases for Count Ephrathe’s butler.
“Wouldn’t Erin be able to do this much?”
“Hmm… No, I can’t give orders that precise.”
Erin also has the ability to manipulate the mind similar to Lily, but all she can do is distort the emotions of the target to induce or remove specific emotions, and like Lily, she does not give specific commands to the target. Can’t
“Still, this is because the number of people who can use it is limited.”
In particular, it is of no use to those who are resistant to mental magic.
Representatively, Eun-hyun was like that.
“Master, this kind of brainwashing doesn’t work at all.”
Because Eunhyeon has the divine protection bestowed by Belldandi, her brainwashing-type abilities that affect her mind do not work at all.
As such, it was an ability that was useless to those who had resistance to mental attacks, but on the contrary, it does not change that it is a terrifying ability that cannot even be aware of, let alone resist, to those who do not have resistance.
“… Isn’t that what makes Hyun-yi special?”
“It doesn’t.”
Lily agreed with Erin’s point with a smile.
The two women disguised their identities as slaves and smoothly infiltrated Count Ephrate’s mansion.
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After paying the price and exchanging documents to transfer the rights of slaves, Erin and Lily, who followed the butler to the Ephrathe mansion, entered the dungeon and were locked up in the dungeon.
There was nothing in the prison to the point where it was empty, not even a proper meal was given, and there were no soldiers guarding the prison.
It had been six hours since she had been locked up in the prison, as if she had been left unattended. It was early morning when she would normally have fallen asleep, but Erin could not fall asleep.
“Ugh… The floor is hard… Cold…”
The floor of the dungeon is hard, bumpy, and full of dust.
The wall could not block all the cold wind flowing in from outside, so it came in easily.
The old, shabby clothes worn to disguise themselves as slaves were too flimsy to prevent the loss of body heat.
“It’s the worst… I want to finish work quickly and go home…”
I’m already starting to miss warm blankets and beds.
Seeing Erin tremble as she hugged her knees and rubbed her arms with her hands to forcefully try to warm them up, Lily couldn’t help but feel sorry for her and let out a wry smile.
“Erin. Come on.”
“Huh.”
Erin led her trembling body into Lily’s arms.
She rested her back on her chest while Lily held Erin’s upper body tightly with both of her hands.
Erin’s tense expression relaxed as she felt Lily’s warmth along with her naturally good smell.
“Ha… Warm…”
“Thank god.”
“Is your sister okay? Aren’t you cold?”
“Erin’s body is warm, so it feels good? And… I’m used to it.”
This environment was all too familiar to Lily, who had lived as a slave.
“…”
Seeing her self-deprecating wry smile, Erin’s whole body stiffened as if she were tightening her loose tension again.
Come to think of it, I realized belatedly that while there are similarities between Erin, Lily and herself, there are definitely different parts of her.
Both had the commonality of living in an environment full of irrationality where they were persecuted and taken away by the strong, but at least Erin, like Lily, did not go through a period where she was degraded to a slave status, had no home and no clothes, and had difficulty eating a proper meal a day. .
Certainly, her blood-drying life, pushed by the aristocrats as a commoner, was definitely unbearable, but if asked who had lived a more turbulent life, Erin could of course assert that Lily’s was worse than herself.
“Sister…”
Lily comforted Erin with a pat on the shoulder as her emotions surged in her moment.
“Are you okay. You don’t have to make that face. Because I am very happy right now.”
There is Erinn, there is Eunhyeon, and there is Illyana and Eleanor.
Although she became a half-man, half-demon, half-human, half-human, Lily was happily enjoying her current life.
For a moment, her mind and her two wives, who were waiting for Erin and herself, appeared in her mind.
“Quickly deal with the devil and go home.”
“Huh!”
Squeak
When I made up my mind again and answered vigorously, the iron door opened with a heavy metal sound.
“Did you prepare quickly this time? It’s a pity that there are only two of them, but…”
It was a woman who appeared confidently muttering to herself.
She has a human form, but even within the dark prison, Erin and Lily accurately captured her presence.
Along with her pair of wings sprouting from her waist, the aura she harbors is something very different from that of an ordinary human.
Erin and Lily were immediately convinced that she was a demon.
“… Sister.”
“Huh. I’m sure.”
At Erin’s voice calling her quietly, Lily nodded her head and answered quietly.
“… Huh?”
Eventually, Lucy, the demon who found Erin and Lily trapped inside the prison, tilted her head and expressed her doubts.
“Why are ‘my people’ here?”
It was a comment about Lily, who has the same ‘evil’ tendency as her own, but she was not given a chance to resolve the question.
Immediately, Erin, who strengthened her body using her magical power, bent the iron bars that were blocking the inside and outside of the prison.
Awesome!
“… Uh?”
Seeing Erin slowly walk out after bending her iron bars with the increased strength of her body, Lucy was taken aback as she could not quickly figure out what the situation was.
Erin did not miss that opportunity.
“If I catch you, I’m off work!”
Erin, her eyes flashing, quickly charged at Lucy.
